The Range Is Overrated
Last week I qualified for the Southern California Mid-Am.
Shot 73.
Here's the strange part.
I hadn't played in weeks. Hadn't hit a live ball. Hadn't been grinding buckets on the range.
Instead I'd been doing something most golfers ignore.
Movement.
Practice swings. Mobility. Strength work. Breath work. Rehearsing the motion.
A lot of it.
My preparation lately looks nothing like traditional golf practice.
It's this:
- Practice swings on the Divot Board
- Stack training
- Band work and mobility
- Strength training
- Slow rehearsal swings
- Pre-shot routine reps
- Looking at targets and visualizing shots
No endless buckets.
Just building the motion.
Golfers obsess over hitting balls. But the swing is a movement pattern.
If the body moves well, the ball usually behaves.
Last week, it did. I grabbed the last qualifying spot — 13th out of 13.
See the results → https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/5700833
73 at Goose Creek. Three weeks off the course. The range is overrated.